Case for shipping and displaying merchandise



H. G. ISAACS AND L. H. HAYS.

CASE FOR SHIPPING AND DISPLAYING MERCHANDISE APPLICATION FILED APR. 1a.1918.

1,36Q 53Q, Pamnted NW, 30, 1920.

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By fay. 7"TOEA Eyt5- H. ESAACS AND L. H. HAYS.

CASE FOR SHIPPING AND DISPLAYING MERCHANDISE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1918.

Patented Nova 30, 1920.

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HARRY G. ISAACS, or CLEVELAND, AND Lou s H. HAYS, 01; QLEVELAND I-IEIGHTS,

OI-IIQ, AssIGNoRs ro THE KAYNEE COMPANY,

TIQN OF OHIO.

CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORA- CASE FOR snrrrmo nn DISPLAYING MERCHANDISE.

Application 'filed April is,

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, HARRY Gr. ISAAOS and Louis H. I-IAYs, both.citizens of the United States, and residents of Cleveland, county ofCuyahoga, and State of Ohio, and of Cleveland Heights, county ofCuyahoga, and State of Ohio, respectively", have jointly invented a new:and useful Improvement in Cases for Shipping and Displaying Meichandise, of which the following is a specification, the principle ofthe invention being herein explained and the best mode in which we havecontemplated applying that prin-v ciple, so as to distinguish it fromother inventions.

The present invention relates to trunks or cases which are to be usedfor shipping and displaying goods of certain kinds. The case is providedwith means for displaying goods such as shirts, pajamas, children!rompers, suits and other articles of that type but the display: boardsare locked into the case and are notremovable therefrom, although thegoods'may be readilyi'nspect ed. The case is adapted to be shipped todealers in towns or villages. whichcan not be economically covered bysalesmen and the line of goods is then displayed together withliterature concerning prices andother necessary information.

After having gone over the line, the cus tomer or dealer is asked toreturn the case to the owner orto forward it on to another dealer as maybe desirable. In this way territory may be covered which could not behandled by salesmen and the dealer or storekeeper in the small town andvillage is able to buy goods from the samples and 1s also able to buy insmaller quantities and more often and obtain the benefit of new stylesand changes which he could not do heretofore. To the accomplishment ofthe foregoing and related ends, said invention, then, consists of themeans hereinafter fully de-- scribed and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

The annexed drawing and the following description set forth in detailcertain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed meansconstituting, however but one of various mechanical forms in'which theprinciple of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing V Figure 1 is a perspective view of the caseSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1920.;

1913. Serial No. 229,246.

partially opened and showing some of the display boards. Fig. 2 is a'horizontal sec tion through a cl'osedcase, showing the extent ofopeningin dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 Fig. 2.Fig. 4: is a similar vertical section onlthe line 47:4, Fig. 2; Fig. 5is a section taken on the line 5-..5 Fig. 4 and Fig. 6' is a detail viewof the display boards showing the structure in detail. 7

The. device. consists of atrunk or case 1 which is preferablyrectangular in shape and which isprovided with a handle 2, and the usualcorner pieces 3 to prevent breaking andclamps 4: formaintaining it inits closed position. The cover portion 5i's hinged to the bottom portion6 whichwill be the deeper of the two. parts.-- I

.The display boards will fill the entire case but will be securedin thelower part 6 of the same. In the. trunk on the bottom wall will bemounted two brackets 7 in which two upright rods 8 areimounted. Theserodsextend through the top of the trunk and are secured by nuts 9threaded thereon. two-or more stops l0. spaced from each other. The twocentral display boards 11 are carried bythe two rods. There are hinges12 here. shown as three in number which engage the rod. These hinges areyoked and surround the stops 10 which give them an added bearing surfaceand also prevent movement along the rod in either direction. The hingeswill be riveted or bolted to the said central display boards at theirouter ends, thus forming projecting hinges as clearly shown in Figs. 2and 3.

The remaining boards of each set are hinged together as will be seen inFigs. 4 and 6. other hinges 13 which are also fastened to the next board14. These boards 14 have another pair of hinges 15 which carry the nextpair of boards so that each half is hinged together securely and theboard may be swung to display the articles attached thereto, Fig. 2illustrates in dotted lines open These rods 8 are provided with Thedisplay boards 11 have two position of the case and the manner in whichthe boards swingout to be inspected. They.

swing wide enough to allow the dealer to carefully inspect the entiregarment without difiicult The display boards 11 consist of a panel 16 ofwood fiber, or the like and over this on both sides is stretched a sheetof cloth 17. Around the edges are metal strips 18 which stifien theboards and prevent breakage and these strips 18 have cloth 19 pasted orglued thereto to improve the appearance of the device. The boards willbe numbered as shown in Fig. 1 and a circular booklet or letter willaccompany the case to give'the necessary information regarding thegoods, prices, etc.

Two different styles of boards are shown although it will be obviousthat the articles displayed may be attached in other ways than the twoshown in Fig. 1. Board No. S has a childs romper or suit 30 fastenedthereon by being sewed to the cloth covering and this will be thecustomary manner in which the garments will be attached although otherfastening means may be employed.

The next board No. 9 is used to display samples of cloth. Difierentpatterns will be displayed which can be made up into garments. The smallpieces 22 of cloth used to show the patterns will be glued or otherwiseattached to the cloth covering and strips 21 of tape or the like will beused to cover the edges of the pieces of cloth and give a neatappearance to the board. These strips 21 will preferably be glued orpasted to the dis play patterns 22 to make a firm neat dislay.

P The trunk is adapted to be shipped from point to point inorder to givethe dealer or retail merchant in the small town the same opportunity tosee the entire line of the manufacturer that the larger merchant has. Atpresent the manufacturer cannot afford to send salesmen to the smalltown and the dealers there are forced to purchase through wholesalehouses and are unable to buy as economically as the large stores whichdeal direct with the manufacturer.

By the present trunk these objections are avoided as the small dealerhas only to inspect the patterns and styles shown in the trunk and isthen able to send his order direct to the manufacturer. The trunk willpreferably be shipped around a circuit, each dealer or prospective buyerbeing asked to retain the same only a given length of time and then thistrunk is to be returned to the express company to be forwarded on to thenext town or dealer according to instructions received when the trunkwas originally shi ped.

ther modes of applying the principle of our invention may be employedinstead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanismherein disclosed, provided the means stated by the following claim orthe equivalent of such stated means be employed.

We therefore particularly point out andI distinctly claim as ourinvention In a display device, the combination of a case comprising abody portionand a hinged cover therefor, two rods mounted in the bodyportion of said case near the back thereof and adjacent to the openingtherein, two display boards hinged to said rods within the case by meansof projecting hinges, two series of display boards, the boards in eachsuch series being hinged one to another, the outer board of the inner ofsaid series being hinged to the inner one of said two display boardsmounted on said rods, the inner board of said other series being hingedto the other of said two display boards, substantial portions of theinner and outer of said two series of boards being adapted to be housedrespectively within the body and cover of said case respectively when inclosed or open position.

Signed by us this 12 day of April, 1918.

HARRY G. ISAACS. LOUIS H. HAYS.

